You don’t know much about me. Let's fix that. Here are a few facts, opinions and perspectives—a peek into my brainium.
1. The best ideas are simple and human.
2. I’m 103% addicted to technology.
3. I used to have debilitating OCD. Now I just have OCD.
4. Early career preferences, in order: baseball (shortstop), advertising (writer), tennis (baseliner), social psychologist (mind magician).
5. I love, love, lurrrrrve psychology. I constantly soak up the newest studies like a bone-dry sea sponge and put their insights into every idea I'm working on.
6. According to my friends and family, I watch too much TV.
7. “Too much” is relative.
8. I can't remember the last time I was bored. It's been years.
9. I’m a health freak. Eating, exercise, sleep, you name it.
10. I’m a schizophrenic music lover. From post punk and classic jazz to hip hop and disco. And a thousand things between. At the same time I’m picky about what I like amongst it all. Some might call it “being difficult.”
11. Federer, not Nadal.
12. My dog's name is Rudi, with an "i." It's a Cruze family thing. We've got Gari, Bari, Judi, Milli and more. I don't know where it came from or why we do it.
13. David Foster Wallace was a genius IMHO, and I constantly find cool new things in his writing.
14. Favorite words: brisk, lozenge, robust.
15. Go Yankees. (Caveat ... I'm a lover of baseball, period. So even though I love the Bronx Bombers, I appreciate every team, including the Red Sox. There, I said it.)
16. I kneel at the feet of David Bowie. Pure genius. Don't get me started unless you have 20 minutes or more.
17. At any given moment there’s a 97% chance I’ll be reading something or watching something. If there were a series where I could watch people who are reading, I’d prolly binge that too.